Three Flinders University PhD candidates have been awarded grants in the MaP Fund’s Australasian Institute for Maritime Archaeology (AIMA) Conference grants, to help them attend and present their research at the 2018 AIMA/ASHA Conference in Parramatta from 26 to 29 September.

Omaima Ahmed Eldeeb was selected for her research ‘Ancient shipwrecks along the Alexandrian Coastline: Comparative study based on the amphorae evidences.’ John McCarthy for his research on ‘The Ship Shapes Project: 3D capture of 17th and 18th century Dutch ship models’, and Peta Straiton for her work investigating ‘Interdisciplinary investigations into Rapid Bay, South Australia’.

The MaP Fund AIMA Conference grants award up to $2,000 in total for Honours, Graduate or PhD students enrolled at any Australian university who are conducting research for a thesis in maritime archaeology, or a closely related field.

An initiative of Flinders Adjunct Associate Professor Mark Staniforth and his wife Dr Paddy O’Toole, the fund is dedicated to the advancement of maritime and underwater archaeology and the protection and investigation of underwater cultural heritage in the Asia/Pacific region. Its activities can be followed through its dedicated Facebook page.